Zebra Lips Black and White Marble Sculpture

Zebra Lips Stone:  Marble (Utah), one-of-a-kind 12.5" h x 19" w x 7.5" d © 2006 Kelly Borsheim      Not wanting to make a one-sided 3-dimensional work of art, the Lips Series of stone carvings changed as I thought more and more about what would make it interesting for me.  Nature has good design.  And Nature tends to repeat herself on this good design.  That is why we see faces in the patterns of wood grain, for example.      So the basic premise of the Lips Series is that we are all connected in some way that combines form with function.  In the artistic studies of anatomy and other forms of Nature, at some point we artists leave Nature and create art.       I took these kind of liberties with Zebra Lips. For example, the ear does not stick out above the mane because I wanted the zebra to be more of a surprise as the viewer walked around the sculpture.  I morphed the zebra anatomy to fit the idea because I doubt that anyone seeing the artwork would not understand there wa